preserve
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2.6
- noun
- /prɪˈzɜrv/
- So, uh, if you like, there's some very nice damson preserves.
- jams and preserves
- jellies and preserves
Examples
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Hot scones with cream and apricot preserves have been cooked by her new maid.
Fiction book (1998) -
After your mother died, you ate one jar of her preserves every day until they were all gone.
Fiction book (1993) -
My husband and I made the preserves ourselves.
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What are you going to do with those preserves?
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I opened up a jar of your preserves.
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Country jams and preserves are just to your left.
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I brought some preserves from Aurora specially for you.
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The women who found time to raise vegetables, make preserves, and bake bread may have done so with great enjoyment and satisfaction.
Academic text (2014) -
I make fig and mayhaw preserves and green tomato pickles.
Fiction book (1990) -
For breakfast, I spread raspberry preserve on my toast.
Synonyms
6
2.3
A sweet spread you make by cooking fruit with sugar, often with pieces of fruit left
1
1.0
A sweet thick spread made from strawberries and sugar for bread or desserts
1
3.7
A sweet spread made by cooking large pieces of fruit with sugar
1
5.1
A sweet fruit spread made by cooking fruit with sugar
1
9.6
A sweet spread made by cooking fruit with sugar to put on bread
Antonyms
Compounds
A large park in Alaska with Mount Denali and animals like bears and moose
A large park in southern Alaska with volcanoes, mountains, and many brown bears
A large national park in northern Alaska with very wild, remote land
- Offensive
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5.5
A large national park in Alaska with wild nature and old sites of Native people
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Preserve for a fruit spread comes from the verb that means 'to keep', using Latin pre- ('before') and servare ('to keep'). This name shows the fruit is cooked with sugar to be kept 'before' it spoils, so you can eat it later.